Cartridge and wiper



(No Model.)

F. 0. TAYLOR.

CARTRIDGE AND WIPER.

No. 270,616 Patented Jan. 16,1883.

1. V'EJV TOR 1 'ra7wa'6' CZZZZayZf Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ.

' FRANCIS U. TAYLOR, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM J. KELLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARTRIDGE AND WlPER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,616, dated January 16, 1883.

Application filed April 25, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS CORNWALL TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Daubury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a cartridge for cleaning and lubricating breech-loading fire-arms in process of firing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same; and Fig. 3, a similar view, showing the felt or wiper detached from the cartridgeshell.

The present invention has relation to means for wiping or cleaning out and also lubricating the bore of a gun, rifle, or other fire-arm; and it consists in constructing it in the form of a cartridge, so that the wiper will be forced through and out of the barrel by the projecting charge of fulminate or powder contained in the wiper of the cartridge, as will be hereinafter described. i

In the accompanying drawings, Arepresents the shell orcase of the cartridge, of paper or 0 metal, as found desirable. The shell or case A may be of the ordinary form and coustruction, and either a central or rim fire, it being provided with the usual means for igniting the charge contained in the wiper.

\Vithin the case or shell A is inserted the wiper B, composed of felt or other like material, which maybe covered with black-lead and oil or other suitable lubricating compound, said wiper being of greater leu gth than and pref erably retained in the cartridge shell or' case by a slip of thin paper, as shown at a, which is pasted around the cartridge shell or case and wiper, this said binding of paper also serving to increase the resistance to the passage The felt extends to the base of the cartridgeshell, and the powder or fulminate is contained within the recess or bore 1) in the felt, and thereby the powder is burned wholly within the same upon its ignition. A

It. will be noticed that the bore 1 for conof the wiper and the prevention'ofwindage (No model.)

taining the powderor fulminate, extends nearly the whole length of the cartridge, to or beyond the line of taper, the object thereof being to produce instantaneous expansion at the com-' mencement of taper, which would necessarily delay the travel of the wiper, and thereby increasing its capacity for wiping. By extending the powder-cavity to or beyond the line of taper of the felt or wiper, and beyond the shell, the result is the instantaneous expansion of the wiper on the outside of the shell and inside of the barrel, causing that portion of the felt'or wiper within the shell to be delayed in its travel along the bore of the fire-arm to iucrease its elfectiveuess, the explosion causing the said felt or wiperto expand suificiently' to close the orifice and carry from the bore of the fire-arm all the gas, smoke, or foulness remaining therein.

I do not wish to be understood as confining my invention to any special material from which to construct the wiper, nor to any particular form or construction of the cartridge shell or "case, as they may be changed or modified as found desirable without departing from my invention. t

In contradistinction to the usual lubricatingwa'd, it will be noticed that the wiper B is of such length as to fill the interior of the shell A and extend out some distance beyond the same, the powder being contained in a central bore formed in the wiper, thereby producing instantan'eous expansion, which would necessarily delay thetravel of the wiper and in- 8 crease its elfectiveness or capacity for Wiping. The wiper being of great-er length than the case or shell, or, in other words, projecting beyond the same, also increases its efi'ectiveness for wiping as it is projected along the barrel.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-,

1. The combination, with a cartridge-shell, of a wiper composed of felt or other like ma- 9 5 terial contained therein aud projected beyond the end thereof, said wiper having a central here or cavity containing the powder or fulminate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. g r V 2. The combination, with a cartridge shell or-casing, of a wiper of felt or other like maof powder or fulminate, said wiper projecting of two witnesses.

teriaL'of greater lengththan said shell, and havinga central bore orcavity,which,together containing a charge of fulminate -or powder, with said wiper, projectsbeyond the end of the substantially as and for the purpose specified. shell or casing, substantially as and for the 15 3. A cartridge-shell containing a wiper of purpose set forth. felt or other like material, having a central In testimony that I claimthe above I have bore or cavity'for the reception of the charge hereunto subscribed my name in the presence beyond the shell and having its end tapering,

substantially as shown, and for the purpose I 1 FRANCIS CORNWALL T described. v Witnesses: I

4. A cartridge-shell or casing containing a ANDREW ZANE, J r.,

wiper of felt or other likemater'ial, the same v CHAS. MATHEWS, J r.- 

